Sharp County record., 1887-03-03

C,T7LE are said to be dying in l~,gs
NUN mIers in the Northwest.
JONI LEWIS fell from the top oI lhs
Omaha lNebJ viaduct on the 18th and was
instantly killed.
IT IS reported that France is making e&
tensive purchases Of horses in Spain.
DYNAMITE works at EIdred, Pa, were
blown I'D on the 11th and several people
were injured.
EDDISGroy, Pa. is greatly excited over
the finding Of dead man with his heao
and legs cut of.
The American Board of Foreign Mis-
sions has rejected the application OF K I.
Morse, Of Yale Theological Seminary.
PAUpERs in the New Ross tIreland)
work-house mutined on the 7th, and as
saulted the pOOr-la guardians.
The steamer Empire arrived at San
Francisco on the 18th, having on board }.
Church and B. Harmon, two citizens OF
Astoria. Ore, who were blown out TO sea
in a small boat on the Sd during a storm.
They were terribly emaciated when PICK
ed up.
The recent stories of famine and conse.
ouent suffering in New Brunswick are
/ denied by dispatches from st. John.
PRoF. BARNARD, of Vanderbilt Univer
sitv. reported on the 18th the discovery oi
another comet moving rapidly northwest
ward. -
THE case Of Student John NJ. Hill
against the faculty of Dickinson College
at Carlisle, Pa, was decided on the 18th
in favor of the plaintiff, who had been IT.
regularly expelled.
A RICH vein of ore has been struck IN
Cooper, Hewitt & Co.'s iron mine opened
a few months ago at Amity, y. D. Inc
mine gives great promise.
The body of Matt Streetmater, track
master of the Citizens Car Company al
Ft. Wavne. Ind, was found on the lIth ~
ing on the bank Of the Maumee river with
a bullet through his brain and dis
charged revolver by his side. It's sup
posed case Of suicide.
ARCBBTsHoP WALSH Of Dublin has SUD
scribed fifty pounds to the defense lunu
of the sO-called Irish conspiratorS.
AT Springfield, Mass, on the l7th, tne
Grand Central Trotting circuit passed
resolution of fealty to the National Irot
ting Association.
EDWARD UNGER, on trial at New YORK,
for killing August BOhle, (the trunk mur
der,. made statement in his own OehaL
on the 18th. 49,.
The Pope is represented as being
pleased with the prospect OF victory lol
d Bismarck in the coming German electlohs
THE West Virginia Senate, on the l'Lh
adopted the House joint resolution, SUP
mltting to the people an amendment U
the Constitution forever prohibiting I'M
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
drinks in the State.
JAMES FoRsHAY, who was under indlct
ment for having, as president Oh Un'
Broadway Surface road in New YORK
bribed the aldermen into passing I'M
= franchise. died at his home in New orr
} on the 18th.
I ROBERT BONNER is said to have declined
= an offer of 100000 for Maud s., the Queel
: of the Turf.
q The battle-fags preserved in the Caplto
4 at Albany, n Y, will be usd to decoraV
I the Assembly chamber on the occasion
0 the Logan memorial exercises.
= THE steamship Wisconsin, which wen
ashore off Fire island on the 10th, wa
I got off without any serious damage an
z was towed to her anchorage by the steam
: ,.eech at banquet Of the Toronto (Ont-
o Board of Trade on the night of the 16t
n defended the course Canada has taken il
d the fisheries dispute.
n Boston CoRBETT, the slayer of Johi
9 Wilkes Booth, has been declared insan,
: and has been sent to the Kansas In
S sane Asylum. He was assistant door
keeper of the Kansas House of Represent
! atives.
,, THE Mardi Gras festivities at New Or
leans were inaugurated on the 18th by {
grand carnival celebration by the knights
: of MOmus.
| IN the British House of Commons, OF
: the 18th, an effort by Mr.. Parnell to have
Irish affairs considered was defeated by
vote of 242 to 107